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MR. KANUHA : Madam Chair, we have a statement from the public in Kona. : Thank you, go ahead. CHR. SIRACUSA MR. KANUHA : On agenda item, Comm. 22, it is Margaret Wille. MARGARET WILLE (At this time Margaret Wille came forward to address members of the Commission.) MS WILLE: Hello Madam Chair and members of the Commission. I just have a few quick comments; and one just generally in terms of including non-resident military and non-resident students. This seems totally contrary to a common sense reading of the law. I would hope that after the Super Ferry case, people start reading the law for what it says and not how it can be manipulated. Second, with respect to drawing the lines, I think to the extent that it is possible to give consideration to the ahupuaÓa; the watersheds, the historical concepts for the island of HawaiÒi from the mountain to the sea. I am from Waimea, so the watershed there would stretch down to the ocean in Puako or Kawaihae. But I think that concept is one that is very valuable in many contexts; whether it is map-making, which is really the specific use of that term, as well as the cultural identity and the natural resources within the County. Thank you very much. CHR. SIRACUSA : Thank you. Are there any other testifiers in either Kona or Waimea? Okay, then we will go back to Hilo here. We have Dwight Vicente. DWIGHT VICENTE (At this time Dwight Vicente came forward to address members of the Commission.) MR. VICENTE: Good afternoon, my name is Dwight Vicente. I am making a special appearance representing the Hawaiian Kingdom. I hope you guys read some of the copies I left you; thatÓs why there is a lot of confusion going on. It even gets more confused because they are trying to colonize the Hawaiian Kingdom by claiming Hawaiians are Indians, they are native, they are aboriginal, and they are indigenous. There is a law revue that the University of HawaiÒi put our, Volume 32, Number 2, Summer of 2010; Indigenous, Ancestral Lands and Customary International Law. They are demoting the Hawaiian Kingdom to pre Kingdom, to where Hawaiians donÓt have any rights, not even political rights, no right to complain, no rights to do anything. So, Abercrombie, that illegal alien, just hit three out of four. He is trying to demote Hawaiians from a Kingdom to pre Kingdom. There is a purpose why they are doing that. But then everyone around the world is indigenous to some land. ItÓs all part of colonization which the United States Constitution never authorized the use of military for that purpose. ThatÓs why, when I mentioned the Northwest Ordinance, everything from 1787 t United State citizens of the several states were sent over to what was called the Indian reserves to occupy homesteads. In HawaiÒi we have the Hawaiian Homes Commission Act, which is not authorized by the U.S. Constitution. They define Native by 50% Hawaiian Kingdom is not that. You are born of Kanaka blood, it didnÓt matter the blood quantum. If you didnÓt have, you were a foreigner, you had to be naturalized. Most people were 4